Garam Masala

Garam Masala ガラムマサラ Garam Masala
Screenshot from Magical Vacation
Other Name(s)	Palace of Trials
Plane	Dark Plane
Connects To	Zundoko Pit Shisabarei Ridonahī

Garam Masala, also known as the Palace of Trials, is a location in Magical Vacation. It is a bonus dungeon accessible from a platform in Zundoko Pit on the Dark Plane, which is unlocked when Café au Lait has used his special power to make all four of Bruschetta's coworkers return to Zundoko Pit, and after the player has defeated the game's final boss. Garam Masala is home to powerful monsters and connects to the secondary bonus dungeons Shisabarei and Ridonahī.

Gameplay

Encounters

Garam Masala 1-5Garam Masala 6-10Garam Masala 11-15Garam Masala 16-20Garam Masala 21-25Garam Masala 26-30Garam Masala 31-35Garam Masala 36-40Garam Masala 41-45Garam Masala 46-49Garam Masala 50

No.	Name	Attribute	Level
015	Flighty	Wind	1
016	Hummingwind	Wind	3
017	Breeze bat	Wind	23
018	Boomeranger	Wind	4
019	Weathercock	Wind	70
020	Mossy wind	Wind	24
021	Wanderanger	Wind	25
022	Galangale	Wind	14
023	Mistral	Wind	71
024	Pleach	Wind	14
025	Mammyth	Wind	72
026	Mastodonut	Wind	80
027	Cyclon	Wind	73
028	Tempes	Wind	80
155	Sparkler	Thunder	22
156	Baby star	Thunder	44
157	Magical lionfish	Thunder	80
158	Blitz coyote	Thunder	9
159	Thunderacoon	Thunder	10
160	Ritz	Thunder	43
161	Crackler	Thunder	24
162	Lampgo	Thunder	47
163	Ossobuco	Thunder	47
164	Yellow gerome	Thunder	47
165	Mollusctric	Thunder	80
166	Lionesspark	Thunder	130
276	Cielvogel	Wind	80

No.	Name	Attribute	Level
073	Singsong rabbit	Sound	18
076	Raucous racoon	Sound	39
077	Tapir dancer	Sound	22
078	Thorny horn	Sound	23
080	Noisemarch	Sound	60
083	Silver lunes	Sound	90
099	Chappy	Insect	5
100	Cocon	Insect	22
101	Seduction caterpillar	Insect	50
102	Dustfly	Insect	10
103	Champion fly	Insect	25
104	Sneakbug	Insect	11
105	Trilobiter	Insect	50
106	Dumbo	Insect	35
107	Phalena	Insect	50
108	Mummy beetle	Insect	37
109	Sacred scarab	Insect	90
110	Flower chimera	Insect	50
111	Drilly pilly	Insect	90
112	Kamakiri	Insect	90
190	Daffy dark	Dark	70
196	Mediator	Dark	70
257	Zaphropeak	Dark	30
273	Beopooka	Dark	65
277	Pig hasnel	Dark	90

No.	Name	Attribute	Level
086	Mudroom	Stone	21
088	Bagong	Stone	4
089	Cocatrice	Stone	23
090	Cabong	Stone	45
091	Opaladin	Stone	45
092	Amberfrog	Stone	44
093	Rockadile	Stone	43
094	Sarcophaghoul	Stone	45
095	Boogaclops	Stone	46
096	Drillmole	Stone	46
097	Dinnersaur	Stone	100
098	Gigandeur	Stone	100
115	Grass dancer	Wood	25
116	Droot	Wood	10
117	Tickle nut	Wood	23
118	Ehcorn	Wood	27
119	Mosslump	Wood	28
120	Jambul	Wood	27
121	Maple	Wood	29
122	Ash	Wood	60
123	Broccrab	Wood	60
124	Arboreal box	Wood	61
125	Crabean	Wood	100
126	Celeriac	Wood	100
232	Medusa of love	Love	27
278	Pucine	Stone	100

No.	Name	Attribute	Level
030	Rotten butter	Poison	17
032	Prickly fungi	Poison	27
033	Moldlump	Poison	18
034	Bitter bug	Poison	19
035	Beelzebub	Poison	28
036	Venom fugu	Poison	55
037	Poison bug	Poison	71
038	Pelardon	Poison	55
039	Moldy lizard	Poison	110
040	Gorgonzola	Poison	56
041	The Barbatica	Poison	73
042	Poidjinn	Poison	110
170	Chrome spinner	Ancient	44
171	Axle spinner	Ancient	70
172	Tin clock	Ancient	15
173	Chrome clock	Ancient	45
174	Axle clock	Ancient	71
175	Tin burner	Ancient	16
176	Chrome burner	Ancient	44
177	Axle burner	Ancient	72
178	Tin bomber	Ancient	45
179	Chrome bomber	Ancient	110
181	Tin mage	Ancient	46
182	Chrome mage	Ancient	110
233	Piggy	Love	35
279	Toy cerberus	Ancient	110

No.	Name	Attribute	Level
044	Golden bunny	Beauty	4
045	Chippymunk	Beauty	22
047	Crimson pouch	Beauty	38
048	Revendjinn	Beauty	24
049	Earl gold	Beauty	47
050	Nostaldjinn	Beauty	60
051	Gemfrog	Beauty	39
052	Mr. Beauty	Beauty	40
053	Mr. Alluring	Beauty	47
054	Mr. Moral	Beauty	120
055	Majoram	Beauty	47
056	Delirious moss	Beauty	120
142	Anemeny	Water	20
143	Sealump	Water	27
144	Chefish	Water	39
145	Iglolem	Water	19
146	Ammodile	Water	21
147	Teapure	Water	28
148	Oslobster	Water	120
149	Snowl	Water	47
150	Squid warrior	Water	47
151	Whirlcrab	Water	47
152	Washark	Water	120
153	Blizard	Water	42
234	Luvvy	Love	42
280	Coltdora	Water	120

No.	Name	Attribute	Level
157	Magical lionfish	Thunder	80
165	Mollusctric	Thunder	80
166	Lionesspark	Thunder	130
167	Inamazun	Thunder	61
168	Electromosis	Thunder	130
185	Crowbat	Dark	5
186	Unstinger	Dark	12
187	Poltergeist	Dark	18
190	Daffy dark	Dark	70
191	Killcium	Dark	7
192	Chopin	Dark	13
193	Nighthog	Dark	19
196	Mediator	Dark	70
202	Pandowdy	Dark	50
203	Befowled	Dark	130
204	Plumpkin	Dark	70
206	Magushrimp	Dark	130
207	Jill-o'-lantern	Dark	130
235	Cubby	Love	49
281	Dicpredator	Thunder	130

No.	Name	Attribute	Level
128	Skyhopper	Beast	12
129	Hybrena	Beast	23
130	Tanuki	Beast	55
131	Cantapir	Beast	14
132	Gatortilla	Beast	55
133	Guerilla	Beast	24
134	Lionbite	Beast	35
135	Ironape	Beast	37
136	Gorzilla	Beast	55
137	Beelzeboar	Beast	56
138	Rhinoshark	Beast	140
139	Dyaria	Beast	140
140	Demonarch	Beast	140
203	Befowled	Dark	130
206	Magushrimp	Dark	130
207	Jill-o'-lantern	Dark	130
208	Bonebox	Dark	140
209	Harmster	Dark	140
212	Imbayonet	Dark	140
236	Homonkulus	Love	56
274	Zombie demice	Dark	140
282	Silver bobble	Beast	140

No.	Name	Attribute	Level
011	Torch lizard	Fire	150
012	Guyclops	Fire	60
013	Salamander	Fire	42
016	Ignis	Fire	150
084	Minyo	Sound	150
208	Bonebox	Dark	140
209	Harmster	Dark	140
210	Sasquash	Dark	150
212	Imbayonet	Dark	140
213	Tacombat	Dark	150
214	Buttergoyle	Dark	150
237	Donna	Love	65
283	Mud brass	Fire	150

No.	Name	Attribute	Level
044	Mr. Moral	Beauty	120
056	Delirious moss	Beauty	120
148	Oslobster	Water	120
152	Washark	Water	120
154	Draingon	Water	160
179	Chrome bomber	Ancient	110
180	Axle bomber	Ancient	160
182	Chrome mage	Ancient	110
183	Axle mage	Ancient	160
210	Sasquash	Dark	150
213	Tacombat	Dark	150
214	Buttergoyle	Dark	150
215	Bloodancer	Dark	160
217	Wyrmbie	Dark	160
238	Crushrimp	Dark	160
239	Angelder	Dark	70
284	Flamezard	Fire	160

No.	Name	Attribute	Level
057	Baby scissors	Blade	2
059	Chopper	Blade	47
063	Razor death	Blade	47
066	Octopare	Blade	71
068	Sword fairy	Blade	170
069	Scimitar genie	Blade	73
070	Saber genie	Blade	170
213	Tacombat	Dark	150
214	Buttergoyle	Dark	150
215	Bloodancer	Dark	160
216	Belial	Dark	170
217	Wyrmbie	Dark	160
218	Poenix	Dark	170
240	Engel	Love	170

No.	Name	Attribute	Level
216	Belial	Dark	170
218	Poenix	Dark	170
258	Demice king	Beast	180
260	Wildbeak	Wind	180
262	Pucine the 2nd	Stone	180
263	Watchhound	Ancient	180
264	Coup poire	Water	180
265	Porpeak	Wind	180
266	Zeif dengo	Dark	180
267	Liquid body	Fire	180
268	Horned dragon	Beauty	180
272	Dinrendu	Dark	180
287	Zodalkrew	Dark	180
―	Magic dummy	Ancient	180
―	Guardian	Ancient	185

Items

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Guide

The gate to Garam Masala in Zundoko Pit

To unlock Garam Masala, the player must first defeat the game's final boss and reload their save. This flag is still checked when starting a new game and overwriting existing save data. Doing so unlocks a side quest in which two dwarves can be found on the Dark Plane, and two on the Death Plane. By talking to the dwarves with Café au Lait in the party, his special power convinces them to join Bruschetta at Zundoko Pit on the Dark Plane. The four dwarves and their locations are as follows:

Name	Location
Baguette	Rehikafu Swamp
Bagel	Land of Ruin
Brioche	Death Corridor 3
Bretzel	Despair Swamp 2

Overview

At Garam Masala's entrance, the player must talk to Gyuuhi Ogura, who offers three difficulty modes for the dungeon: Null (ヌル), Nami (ナミ), and Oni (オニ). Once a mode has been selected, it cannot be changed unless the player exits Garam Masala and re-enters through Zundoko Pit. The chosen difficulty does not affect the level of enemies or dungeon layout; rather, it affects the amount of gummy frogs that Kiyashikaua Pots ask for, and whether the player is allowed to bring their own gummy frogs into the dungeon (only on Null and Nami). As for Oni, all gummy frogs are confiscated immediately after the first Kiyashikaua Pot is removed (read Oni Mode for details).

To fill out the bestiary, it is recommended that the player first goes through Garam Masala on Null or Nami Mode, and fight the Dinirendu boss at Garam Masala 50. Once Sparrow joins the party at Garam Masala 50 on Oni Mode, Dinirendu and the exclusive enemies accompanying it will not respawn. Also, to recruit MD01-Tawny, the guardian must be fought at Garam Masala 50 on Nami or Oni Mode with at least one open spot in the party.

Since recovery items are scarce in Garam Masala, the party can heal up by using Let's Onsen in Communication. HP Pots and MP Pots will appear throughout the dungeon based on how many Amigos have been registered to the Amigo List through Let's Amigo. If the player wishes to swap out party members, they can do so by talking to mudmen that appear on floors 3, 6, 12, and every fifth floor after that.

Kiyashikaua Pots and Gummy Frogs

A Kiyashikaua Pot in front of a gummy frog shadow

Kiyashikaua Pots are placed around the dungeon specifically to hinder progress. By feeding a pot the amount of gummy frogs they demand, they disappear until the player re-enters the room. Gummy frogs must be fed to the pots in a batch, meaning it is not possible to feed multiple colors at once. However, unlike places such as the Pyramid, not all the pots need to be removed from each floor of the dungeon to progress; some Kiyashikaua Pots lead to dead ends, or block corridors that can be otherwise reached on foot. The minimum and maximum demands are 1 and 20 respectively.

Below is a chart showing how gummy frogs fed to Kiyashikaua Pots increase or decrease their demands, and how they vary between difficulties:

—	Null	Nami	Oni
Green	+1	+1	+2
Blue	+1	+1	+1
Red	=1	-1	±0

In addition to random encounters, shadow-looking monsters call mimics also roam Garam Masala, engaging in combat when the player walks into them. These mimics turn into green or blue gummy frogs when defeated, which also lowers the Kiyashikaua Pots' demands depending on the color. The gummy frog is then added to the player's inventory (unless there are 99 of that frog on-hand), which gets marked on the Gummy Frogs Caught section of the report card. This cannot be prevented with Cabernet's special power.

Below is a chart showing how gummy frog shadows affect Kiyashikaua Pots' demands:

—	Null	Nami	Oni
Green	-2	-2	-1
Blue	-1	-1	±0

Oni Mode

As mentioned above, Oni Mode begins with Gyuuhi Ogura confiscating all gummy frogs on-hand. Also, the only way to reduce the Kiyashikaua Pots' demands is by defeating green gummy frog mimics. Since there is a set amount of green frog mimics, there is also a limit to how many times the pots' demands can be reduced. Therefore, as green and blue frogs are being fed to the pots, their demands begin to increase rapidly. Gummy frogs can be obtained from random encounters, but because they did not come from frog mimics, they will not affect the demands.

To begin Oni Mode, the player should start by inserting a red frog into the first Kiyashikaua Pot, after which Gyuuhi Ogura confiscates all remaining frogs. The main way to obtain red frogs is from treasure chests throughout Garam Masala, but it should be noted that the chests do not refill when exiting and re-entering the dungeon. As such, it is advised that most chests be left unopened on Null or Nami Mode, so that the red frogs inside can be used to clear Oni Mode. If the party is at around level 200-300, and the protagonist is a light-attribute magician, the player can go to Ridonahī 8F where an endless supply of red frogs can be found. By collecting 99 red frogs from Ridonahī and returning to Garam Masala 5, working down the dungeon will be made significantly easier. In any case, the Kiyashikaua Pots' demands should be kept around 1 gummy frog as often as possible.

Hidden characters

Throughout the dungeon are hidden party members. They can be recruited depending on the difficulty, and if there is at least one open slot in the party.

• Chappy - Garam Masala 4 (any difficulty)
• Pot - Garam Masala 9 (any difficulty)
• Putchine - Garam Masala 21 (Nami/Oni)
• Dodo - Garam Masala 31 (Nami/Oni)
• Sparrow - Garam Masala 50 (Oni)
• MD01-Tawny - Garam Masala 50 (Nami/Oni, missable)

History

In the past, Garam Masala was used by magicians to put their abilities to the test, most notably Biscotti and Gyuuhi Ogura. At some point, White, the previous manager of Condimen Tower on the Light Plane, built the high-end magic doll MD01-Tawny. Being one of the only dolls capable of naturally regenrating magic, many sought Tawny's power and a war sparked over its ownership. Biscotti settled the dispute by sealing Tawny within Garam Masala, which at some point sank beneath Kumuyamuto Desert. Tawny would eventually become a servant to the guardian, an almighty magic doll created in ancient times.

Trivia

• On Garam Masala 5, 7, 9, 14, and 15, it is possible to glitch the frog shadows' pathfinding, which makes them walk into each other and slip out of walls.

Nomenclature

Its name comes from गरम मसाला garam masala, a mix of spices used in cuisine across the Indian subcontinent.

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ガラムマサラ Garamumasara シレンの宮殿 Shiren no Kyūden	Garam Masala Palace of Trials